Sumaya is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “farm or barn owl.” In 2024 it was given to 66 girls in the United States.
Sumaya belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “farm or barn owl” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Sumaya first appears in Social Security records in 1969. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1883 in 2016, and in 2024 66 babies received the name — 2,066 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Sumaya means “farm or barn owl” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Sumaya is a girl name. In 2024, 66 babies received the name in the US.
Sumaya comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Sumaya first appears in US records in 1969. Its best-ever ranking was #1883 in 2016, and 66 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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